Two Railways officials suspended in New Farakka Express derailment case

New Delhi: The Indian Railways on Thursday suspended two officials a day after New Farakka express derailed, senior officials said.

On Wednesday as many as seven people died and 21 were injured after nine coaches of New Farakka Express derailed near Raebareli.

They said that the Senior Section Engineer, signalling and the Electrical Signal Maintainer were suspended to facilitate the probe.

“The indications are that the cause of the accident was prima facie wrong signalling. We have suspended the two on the recommendation of the Chief Commissioner Railway Safety to ensure that no evidence is tampered with,” a senior official of the railways said.